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...Communities usually don't come to these conclusions until after the big disaster hits - as was the case with Miami and South Florida, where I live, in the wake of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Today, when a major storm approaches Miami, the buses are out and the shutters are up-I put mine up twice last summer for hurricanes I knew probably weren't even going to strike. I saw little evidence of that preparedness along the Gulf coast; few houses had strongly-shuttered windows, and evacuation busses, according to residents, were in short supply. "It's just...
Generosity ebbs and flows, but in the wake of Katrina it burst forth at levels not seen since the Asian tsunami. Americans opened their wallets and corporations their coffers, sending water, blankets, cookies and toilet paper. Many companies are offering grants to encourage giving. Time Warner, for example, will match up to $1 million in employee contributions to the American Red Cross...
...Edith Jones, both circuit court judges, would please conservatives but would rally Democrats. One White House official says that there's close scrutiny of Larry Thompson, who served as Number two in the Ashcroft Justice department. As African-American, Thompson's nomination might help ease racial tensions in the wake of the New Orleans disaster. One concern among administration officials is the large number of cases that Thompson might have to recuse himself from because he participated in them at Justice...
Sounds like a nonevent in the real world, but it may not be. Cryptographers assume that their mathematically based encryption schemes are unbreakable. Oops. "If any of these people wake up at night and worry," says Chaitin, "I'm giving them theoretical justification." --By Michael D. Lemonick. Reported by Matt Smith/New York
...manager. Wal-Mart's critics have also changed tack. The United Food and Commercial Workers, after failing to organize workers at Wal-Mart stores, is hoping to build national resistance to the retailer. The union hired Paul Blank, 29, former political director of Howard Dean's campaign, to lead Wake-Up Wal-Mart; Jim Jordan, who was one of John Kerry's campaign managers, is advising Wal-Mart Watch, a group affiliated with the Service Employees International Union. Wake-Up Wal-Mart is calling on parents to boycott the retailer as they shop for school supplies. The battle will heat...